finally brought the awful ordeal to an end. on this martin luther king jr. holiday, the late civil rights leader s family is urging congress to pass president biden s voting rights bill. but the legislation has stalled in the u.s. senate with one key democrat warning the white house warning the white house that the bill is now on life support. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in washington. and this is the situation room special report. we begin with our coverage right now. the omicron surge. now posing new challenges right now for the nation s public health officials. a cnn analysis finds americans would need to avoid more than 80% of the public if they were to follow cdc guidelines after leaving their five-day covid isolation. our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is joining us right now. elizabeth, is it really feasible to expect people to be able to avoid such a large portion of the american
youtube. the great andrea mitchell is here with more news right now. and right now on andrea mitchell reports the republican fight ramps up in new hampshire. i do want to talk about nikki, that she s not great, she s not tough enough to deal with these people. i ll tell you that, she s not tough enough. we can t have a country in disarray and a world on fire and go through four more years of chaos. we won t survive. while president biden focuses on the border and meeting with top lawmakers. this hour, mark warner joins me with a preview. plus, new intrigue surrounding defense secretary lloyd austin s hospitalization as his 911 call is made public. can i ask the ambulance not show up with lights and sirens? we re trying to remain a little subtle. plus, as deadly strikes stretch from gaza and lebanon, iraq and yemen, i ll speak to an israeli woman about the joy of being reunited with a family member and the pain of having another one coverage from a hostage. b
dismissed. it also has the potential to upend fani willis s sprawling election interference case in fulton county, georgia. not to mention, the fact that if trump succeeds with his claim of immunity, it could reshape our understanding about the powers of the presidency. there is a lot at stake, in case you need a reminder, the former president was indicted four times this year, he is facing a total of 91 criminal charges in manhattan, washington, d.c., florida, and fulton county, georgia. a new york judge has also found him liable in the attorney general civil railroad lawsuit against him and his company. a separate judge found him liable for sexually abusing the writer and columnist, e. jean carroll during an encounter in the 1990s. carol is also suing donald trump s second time over defamation comments he had made on cnn in may. his punishment on those two civil cases are still pending. on top of all this, his continuous campaign to return to the white house. the colorado s
the southern border is near a breaking point with thousands of migrants there waiting to be processed. federal authorities are reporting a seven-day average of more than 9600 migrant encounters at the border this month, which is among the highest ever recorded. republican tony gonzalez says the resources of border towns already are stretched thin and are being pushed past their ability to handle the unprecedented surge. when there s large numbers of people that come over, border patrol gets overwhelmed. they have to feed and clothe and house these people. where do they go? they go to the local grocery store. just the other day they bought 8,000 loaves of bread, cheese, food to feed these people. guess what happens when you go shopping at that local grocery store? you don t have groceries. joining me is rafael romo on the southern border in eagle pass, texas. just give us a sense of what you re seeing there today. reporter: let me tell you, in the last few minutes we saw
good evening, i am abby phillip in washington. tonight, just one sentence from the supreme court may trigger eight train reaction for jack smith, donald trump, and every single voter in the 2024 election. the nine justices only required 11 words to turn down special counsel s request to rush and provide an answer to any central question. is donald trump ultimately immune from prosecution? the high court s decision to take special counsel case off the fast track ushers in a world of uncertainty. the special counsel now must go through the regular process. he and trump s lawyers will make their arguments before the d.c. circuit in january. on january 9th, just six days before the iowa caucuses. now, today s choice by the justices almost certainly guarantees that the trial, scheduled for march 4th a day before super tuesday, mind you will like and are we on schedule. and if the supreme court decides to take the case, and no one knows of course right now if that will ha